90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · I Don’t Have Time to Innovate. In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. He hears this excuse across the world: “I don’t have time to innovate.” Episode Transcript: How come you are not innovating? You actually…
Before you and your team begin the innovation process, you must understand what kind of innovator you are. If you’ve followed along with The Innovator’s Advantage for a while now, you know one of my favorite things to remind people is that you are all innovators. Each and every person can innovate, but no one…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · It’s Not My Job to Innovate (Innovation Excuses Ep 1) In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. One of the most common excuses? “It’s not my job to innovate.” Episode Transcript: How come you are not…
A good strategy is an innovative strategy. Without the flexibility provided by innovation, your strategy will grow stale and stagnant—and your organization will soon follow. In my most recent book, Optimizing Strategy for Results: A Structured Approach to Make Your Business Come Alive, my co-authors Ron Price, Professor Tim Waema, and I outline seven stages…
Do your employees feel confident at work right now? Or are you worried that the Great Resignation may impact your company? Take these steps to make sure that your focus on innovation is the reason employees stay, and not the reason they leave. There are a lot of reasons behind the current Great Resignation, but…
Stay ahead of the competition and become future-ready Talent development is key to building a competitive organization. A common mistake is to think your organization’s competitive advantage only comes from products and services, but this is not true. A competitive advantage is a result of superior talent—who are then able to make more contextual products…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · How Do I Manage My Ideas? Dr. Evans Baiya breaks down the three things you need to manage your ideas: an Idea Factory, an Idea Bank, and an Idea Portfolio. Episode Transcript: Innovation is an economy. Every economy needs a currency, the form of exchange, the way of…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · How Do I Encourage a Culture of Ideation? Dr. Evans Baiya discusses the importance of a culture of ideation within your organization. Episode Transcript: For you to do great work in idea management, you must have the right organizational culture and structure. Let’s talk about culture for a…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · How Do Innovation and Strategy Work Together? Is your organizing growing, or becoming irrelevant? Dr. Evans Baiya argues that innovation and strategy must work together to create value for customers. Episode Transcript: Have you ever thought about how many companies die every year with beautifully made strategic plans?…
Building a successful team—not only for innovation but of any kind—is no easy task. Most leaders are at the mercy of the organization’s strategy and budget, current team members’ experience, their own individual connections and influence, and the current talent pool. It’s why you see endless articles on team building, hiring, up-skilling, communication, and management….